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to make as to how we deal with the deficit. i think that when we lose $100 billion every single year because corporations stash their money in the cayman islands and in other tax havens, maybe we might want to ask them to start paying their fair share of taxes rather than cutting social security. but we have colleagues who are much more interested in the well-being and the profits of large corporations than they are in the needs of seniors. so those are some of my answers. mr. harkin: a couple of thoughts, i just say to my friend from vermont. those who say it is unconstitutional to do those things, i wonder if they ever read the preamble to the constitution, which is, by the way, a part of the constitution of the united states. we the people of the united states in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare. that's part of the constitution of the united states. so how we do that obviously can vary from time to time, generation
to make as to how we deal with the deficit. i think that when we lose $100 billion every single year because corporations stash their money in the cayman islands and in other tax havens, maybe we might want to ask them to start paying their fair share of taxes rather than cutting social security. but we have colleagues who are much more interested in the well-being and the profits of large corporations than they are in the needs of seniors. so those are some of my answers. mr. harkin: a couple...
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we are wrestling with this larges budget deficit. we know that there are management challenges and when you say o.m.b., it is office of management and budget. who is confirmed in this position is expected to ride herd, to oversee a group of team, a good team, that will focus on budget, thousand continue to rein in our budget deficit and bring it back to a more sustainable fiscal position for us and what is do we need to do on the management side to help hastening that day? we have across the federal government in this administration -- we had it in the bush administration, the last bush administration as well -- something i call executive branch swiss cheese. we've too many positions, senior positions in this administration. we had a uminfor number of theme last position. in some cases the administration has not vetted, nominated, and submitted names us to. in some conveyings we're not moving them very quickly thuns they have. there is a shared responsibility here. the administration -- in this case we haven't had a confirmed directo
we are wrestling with this larges budget deficit. we know that there are management challenges and when you say o.m.b., it is office of management and budget. who is confirmed in this position is expected to ride herd, to oversee a group of team, a good team, that will focus on budget, thousand continue to rein in our budget deficit and bring it back to a more sustainable fiscal position for us and what is do we need to do on the management side to help hastening that day? we have across the...
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weekend fix the budget that reduces the deficit by $1.2 trillion over 10 years and that would take a grand bargain including spending cuts and additional revenues. would turn off the automatic spending cuts and sequestration for those 10 years. i remain hopeful we can develop such a bipartisan plan but absent a so-called grand bargain, surely we could devise a balanced deficit reduction package for one year that avoid sequestration in fy2014. we simply cannot continue to ignore the effects of sequestration. sequestration will have a major impact on military personnel. the pay of military personnel has been exempt it will ask them -- for troops including schools, military children, family support programs and transition assistance programs and mental health and other counseling programs. the president's budget request continues the measure drawdown of active duty and present and strength. we have in recent years given the department numerous force shaping authorities to allow us to reduce the debt strength in a responsible way, ensuring that the service maintains the proper enforcemen
weekend fix the budget that reduces the deficit by $1.2 trillion over 10 years and that would take a grand bargain including spending cuts and additional revenues. would turn off the automatic spending cuts and sequestration for those 10 years. i remain hopeful we can develop such a bipartisan plan but absent a so-called grand bargain, surely we could devise a balanced deficit reduction package for one year that avoid sequestration in fy2014. we simply cannot continue to ignore the effects of...
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doesn't have the effect of offsetting the deficit or making the deficit look smaller? >> i would have to go back and look at that. i am not sure of hand. the money segregated in a different account for the postal service but i have to check and give you a definitive answer. >> i believe it is interested and use that you would look at that because i think it is the disguise of the deficit, one of the reasons the postal service is seen as having to do, nobody else has to do and that is what i want to get to. is 75 years of refunding health care consider the best practice? >> the pre funding is considered a best practice. >> that was not my question. this is the only business and the only federal government that it -- >> actually the defense department is free funding. >> how much are they pre funding? >> they are pretending $150 billion. >> how much as the postal service refunded? >> i believe it is about 48 -- 43. >> would you recommend the federal government, why haven't you recommended to other federal agencies best practice, is this what we should be doing and if so
doesn't have the effect of offsetting the deficit or making the deficit look smaller? >> i would have to go back and look at that. i am not sure of hand. the money segregated in a different account for the postal service but i have to check and give you a definitive answer. >> i believe it is interested and use that you would look at that because i think it is the disguise of the deficit, one of the reasons the postal service is seen as having to do, nobody else has to do and that...
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reducing our deficit and a balanced way and as before the plan that would do that and would eliminate the sequester in the process. when it comes to these delays, though, congress passed an act in order to avoid these delays. >> the fact you are not asking for the ability to prioritize spending under the faa suggests -- >> what i am saying -- >> you want to sequester to inflect -- >> since we did everything we could to avert the sequester and unfortunately republicans decided as a political matter that it was a home-run for them to end like this upon the american people, i think that suggestion just as not hold wrote to buy water. secondly, the faa did take all the action it could under lots of produce the savings and avoid furloughs up until this point where because of the nature of the budget and the personnel had the nature of their operations, furloughs are the only option available to the faa at this time. now, again, if congress wants to address this matter then they should act, but this is something that only by law congress can do. [inaudible question] cheeks. [inaudible quest
reducing our deficit and a balanced way and as before the plan that would do that and would eliminate the sequester in the process. when it comes to these delays, though, congress passed an act in order to avoid these delays. >> the fact you are not asking for the ability to prioritize spending under the faa suggests -- >> what i am saying -- >> you want to sequester to inflect -- >> since we did everything we could to avert the sequester and unfortunately republicans...
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it's also not directed to where we really need to do to reduce the deficit. once again sequestration applies to discretionary spending primarily, it provides a fourth round of cuts, we've already had cuts over the last three years and for the agencies that are affected, it's equivalent to about a 10% cut. you can't do that without seriously affecting the mission of the agencies. and that is just wrong. and that's why i have said from the beginning, let's replace sequestration. well, march 1 came, sequestration came, people woke up the next day and said what's the big deal? well, we're finding out what the big deal is all about. we just heard from the budget of the f.a.a., the air traffic controllers, that because of sequestration they have little option, 85% of their proiption praitional budget is in personnel and air traffic controllers are most of the personnel. so therefore they've announced this have to furlough 11 days during the remainder of this fiscal year, and that comes out to about one furlough day over each work period. it's as much as a 10% reduc
it's also not directed to where we really need to do to reduce the deficit. once again sequestration applies to discretionary spending primarily, it provides a fourth round of cuts, we've already had cuts over the last three years and for the agencies that are affected, it's equivalent to about a 10% cut. you can't do that without seriously affecting the mission of the agencies. and that is just wrong. and that's why i have said from the beginning, let's replace sequestration. well, march 1...
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we can develop such a bipartisan plan perhaps in a so-called grand bargain we could devise a balance deficit reduction package for one year that avoids sequestration in fy 2014. we simply cannot continue to ignore the effect of sequestration. sequestration will have a major impact on military personnel. though the pay of military personnel has been exempted, the sequester would reduce military readiness in the services for the troops including schools for military children, family support programs and transition assistance programs and mental health and other counseling programs. the president's budget request continues a major drawdown of active duty and reserve strength. we have in recent years given the department numinous force shaping authorities to allow it to reduce its strength in a responsible way ensuring that the services maintain the proper force mix and avoiding grade and occupational disparities, all of which have long term affect. if sequestration continues, the result would be ore pripitous foe structe that is ou of t the requirements of our defense strategy. sequestration ha
we can develop such a bipartisan plan perhaps in a so-called grand bargain we could devise a balance deficit reduction package for one year that avoids sequestration in fy 2014. we simply cannot continue to ignore the effect of sequestration. sequestration will have a major impact on military personnel. though the pay of military personnel has been exempted, the sequester would reduce military readiness in the services for the troops including schools for military children, family support...
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the federal deficit is at more than $1 trillion. a senior director of the bipartisan policy center said the debt has been accumulating so much the economy is at high risk. >> our debt is a percentage of g.d.p. in the last 30 or 40 years it's been less than 40%. it's only in recent years we've seen a decline. we are in dangerous territory. >> debra sullivan of the bloomberg view blames the shell-shocked u.s. economy. >> they say it's continuing to expand because of job loss, causing more spending on aid programs. >> we had large deficits for four years because we have low revenues as people don't have jobs, or they're getting paid less. but also we have these mandatory spending programs which go on auto pilot. unemployment, food stamps, medicaid, they spend more when he economy is bad. >> i think that the underlying issue of the financial crisis have not been fixed at all. indeed there's no easy fix. >> there are fix to consider. >> if we want to lift the cloud of deficits hanging over our country, we won't solve the problem of fisca
the federal deficit is at more than $1 trillion. a senior director of the bipartisan policy center said the debt has been accumulating so much the economy is at high risk. >> our debt is a percentage of g.d.p. in the last 30 or 40 years it's been less than 40%. it's only in recent years we've seen a decline. we are in dangerous territory. >> debra sullivan of the bloomberg view blames the shell-shocked u.s. economy. >> they say it's continuing to expand because of job loss,...
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it drives the sided search for a piece deficit that i don't think exists. we went to that in the '90s. to undermine the readiness and capabilities to get the arsenal and they are expanding. we should be expanding hours. but to have a significant impact of the capabilities to reach the intelligence community just in time when we need it the most. to be asked about the effects of sequestration of the intelligence community and i have quoted you several times on this and it is very profound. olmec we're cutting real capability and accepting greater risk for intelligence shorter hours for public parks or longer lines at the airports for intelligence it is insidious. the capability you don't know about that until you notice that. you'll notice ny when we have the same" end quote. and i think that is the belief and the reasonthat is in the military is super bear to deal with threats around the world has the intelligence community uses capability.we are making us lese and i look to our witnesses how the current budget cuts accurately assess these threats especiall
it drives the sided search for a piece deficit that i don't think exists. we went to that in the '90s. to undermine the readiness and capabilities to get the arsenal and they are expanding. we should be expanding hours. but to have a significant impact of the capabilities to reach the intelligence community just in time when we need it the most. to be asked about the effects of sequestration of the intelligence community and i have quoted you several times on this and it is very profound. olmec...
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but congress has the power to rreverse these self-inflicted wounds without adding one penny to the deficit. we've provided money, the money is there, we haven't spent it, we don't need to. we can use the savings from wrapping up two wars to avoid the full brunt of the sequester's arbitrary cuts. the congressional budget office said that would score; that money is available, it is money we could use. funding for the operation in ir a afgan has in alled overseas contin yeype account. since the worst of the seq cuts are creating an emergency situation, we should consider using thighs funds to offset their impact. these really are emergencies and we should do it. i am not proposing we use them to offset the entire sequester but congress has the power to avert the most painful sequester cuts using these mexico. 28 republicans in the senate and 174 republicans in the house would impose these sequester haphazard cuts. if those same republicans work with democrats, we could act to protect families and businesses and ensure our national defense and save millions of americans hours waiting at the ai
but congress has the power to rreverse these self-inflicted wounds without adding one penny to the deficit. we've provided money, the money is there, we haven't spent it, we don't need to. we can use the savings from wrapping up two wars to avoid the full brunt of the sequester's arbitrary cuts. the congressional budget office said that would score; that money is available, it is money we could use. funding for the operation in ir a afgan has in alled overseas contin yeype account. since the...
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but with regards to deficits, adding to the deficit and the debt, this current budget being proposed by the president 40 ually -- deficit of $7 billion and still a big number about half of what it was in the depths of the great recession. it gives us an opportunity to control the debt relative to the size of the economy and we have new economic growth numbers out a couple of days ago that showed 3% g.d.p. that is good news. but the economy is in recovery and still have a ways to go and never give up on trying to improve the economy and reduce the deficit. host: thank you for talking to our viewers this morning. appreciate it. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> the f.b.i. briefed the house intelligence committee about the boston marathon bombings. intelligence committee member adam schiff joins us to discuss the terror attack in boston. congressman steve king on the boston bombing and efforts to change the nation's immigration laws and more about immigration and how refugees can gain asylum in the u.s. "w
but with regards to deficits, adding to the deficit and the debt, this current budget being proposed by the president 40 ually -- deficit of $7 billion and still a big number about half of what it was in the depths of the great recession. it gives us an opportunity to control the debt relative to the size of the economy and we have new economic growth numbers out a couple of days ago that showed 3% g.d.p. that is good news. but the economy is in recovery and still have a ways to go and never...
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year to year deficit is coming down. it gives opportunity to control the debt relative to the size of the economy and we have new economic growth numbers out a couple of days ago that show about a 3% gdp. that is good news. the economy is in recovery. we so have a ways to go and we should never give up on trying to improve the economy and reduce the deficit. host: rick larsen, democrat from washington, thank you, sir. guest: you're welcome. the: coming up next, headline is "big money, big money, talking about the economics of the mississippi river." [no audio] is that the public defenders job is that it is dependent on their approval. how faster the process cases? how quickly do they get to the docket gecko -- docket gecko -- docket? so they will want a public defender that does their bidding. in new orleans, for a long time, the system was at one public defender was assigned to one courtroom and the same judge. so they were always arguing before the same judge. the problem with that is that they were then kind of tradin
year to year deficit is coming down. it gives opportunity to control the debt relative to the size of the economy and we have new economic growth numbers out a couple of days ago that show about a 3% gdp. that is good news. the economy is in recovery. we so have a ways to go and we should never give up on trying to improve the economy and reduce the deficit. host: rick larsen, democrat from washington, thank you, sir. guest: you're welcome. the: coming up next, headline is "big money, big...
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and at the same time deficits go up more people want employed so war and poverty seem to go together and peace and prosperity comes together which is why i'm so happy to be part of this effort and continue to work outside the congress to run and i work together to create inside the congress so more of a you hear him talking about the economics of this you hear him talking about how money and war peace and problem in pop prosperity are often tied with one another and that is something that he says that we can actually start to prevent war and speak against war by auditing the fed and doing things like that ok so a lot of really lofty goals here in baghdad how talk to me about how this institution is different from other thing takes out there there are a lot of things that they say that they are working on they're not only going to be putting out calling as an analysis and things like that well as i mentioned they're also going to be doing this index ranking people on their piece now congressman paul obviously has a lot of current and former lawmakers that are supporting his cause repr
and at the same time deficits go up more people want employed so war and poverty seem to go together and peace and prosperity comes together which is why i'm so happy to be part of this effort and continue to work outside the congress to run and i work together to create inside the congress so more of a you hear him talking about the economics of this you hear him talking about how money and war peace and problem in pop prosperity are often tied with one another and that is something that he...
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he found the deficit ceiling will come down for trillions of dollars. his study found $2.5 trillion because when people become legalized, they will start paying taxes and they'll also have to pay back taxes, fines and fees through part of this immigration system. so that means they're not going to be coughing -- costing taxpayers money to go through this process and as many economists believe will raise the quality of life. host: the senate judiciary committee takes up the immigration bill this morning. c-span 1 will have that live. you'll also find that on our website. rebecca kaplan is a staff writer at in the national journal. it includes covering the campaign looking at the republican side of things. she worked on that and she also has covered the white house, as part of national journal's team and now she's looking at congress. one of the aspects of congress you're looking at is the house. here's a recent headline of her story. forget working groups, t house juciar is moving immigration ontswn what's happening in the house? >> the chairman is actua
he found the deficit ceiling will come down for trillions of dollars. his study found $2.5 trillion because when people become legalized, they will start paying taxes and they'll also have to pay back taxes, fines and fees through part of this immigration system. so that means they're not going to be coughing -- costing taxpayers money to go through this process and as many economists believe will raise the quality of life. host: the senate judiciary committee takes up the immigration bill this...
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-- rein in our deficit. our secretary seems to have taken this message to heart. identifying some $1.3 billion in cost savings this year and more than $4 billion since 2009 and continues to move to a risk-based approach, an effort to save more money. but to do so in a smart way. i'm happy to see in this budget proposes a much-needed increase for cybersecurity which will help the department fulfill its significant cyberresponsibilities. passing legislation to compliment the president's executive order and address the cyberthreat is one of our highest priorities. i also welcome the administration's continued commitment to securing our nation's borders by maintaining staffing for the border patrol its ath its current historic levels and adding more than 3,400 protection officers to staff our ports of entry. these critical resources are paid for in part with modest fee increases. during my recent trips to our borders in arizona, where secretary napolitano, senator mccaul nd congresswoman joined me, i've been and
-- rein in our deficit. our secretary seems to have taken this message to heart. identifying some $1.3 billion in cost savings this year and more than $4 billion since 2009 and continues to move to a risk-based approach, an effort to save more money. but to do so in a smart way. i'm happy to see in this budget proposes a much-needed increase for cybersecurity which will help the department fulfill its significant cyberresponsibilities. passing legislation to compliment the president's executive...
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this bill doesn't solve our debt or deficit problems. i'm the first to admit that, but what this family does, it eases some of the hardships on our moms and dads in the work force and i'm really thrilled to be the current author of this bill. it has a long history. i'm excited about taking it to the floor in two weeks. again, mr. speaker, for those who want to know more in night's discussion it is #makinglifework and want to hear from americans who are affected and look forward to addressing those throughout the hour this evening. joining me tonight, i have the ntlelady from washington and the gentleman from ohio. and i would like to open this open. you know currently serve on the energy and commerce committee and you have a couple of topics, but let's talk about making life work for american families when t comes to energy. >> i thank you for appealing to the american people so we can hear from them and have conversations with people who are struggling to make ends meet and make our economy work and define those things that are going to
this bill doesn't solve our debt or deficit problems. i'm the first to admit that, but what this family does, it eases some of the hardships on our moms and dads in the work force and i'm really thrilled to be the current author of this bill. it has a long history. i'm excited about taking it to the floor in two weeks. again, mr. speaker, for those who want to know more in night's discussion it is #makinglifework and want to hear from americans who are affected and look forward to addressing...
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our deficit is going down. we need to determine what revenue that we can increase in order to pay our bills, provide for the basic necessities of this nation. not only is the tragedy in boston one of human life, but it is a disaster that will require federal emergency management aid just as our continued friends in the southeast and northeast are still suffering from hurricane sandy and the atrocity of this house cannot provide them with resources for 65 days. i believe that it is time for the american people to know that we do care. in order to care you need to have. budget conferees to go through the budget process and begin to pass elements of the president's budget that speaks to the heart and mind, mr. speaker, of the needs of the american people. i conclude by offering, again, my deepest sympathy and promise to those who suffer that america and its congress must stand up and respond to your needs. i am ready to do so as my colleagues are. we should do it now. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the cha
our deficit is going down. we need to determine what revenue that we can increase in order to pay our bills, provide for the basic necessities of this nation. not only is the tragedy in boston one of human life, but it is a disaster that will require federal emergency management aid just as our continued friends in the southeast and northeast are still suffering from hurricane sandy and the atrocity of this house cannot provide them with resources for 65 days. i believe that it is time for the...
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because you know for two years now you've been talking about debt and deficit spending. and in this sense it all ties back together. >> well, what's driving our spending and driving our debt is the fact that there are 10,000 baby boomers like me retiring every day. 70,000 this week. 3.5 million this year. social security, medicare, there is no money there in those fund. it has all been spent. people are living longer, accessing medicaid. so the real drivers of the debt primarily are our big entitlement programs that won't survive in their current form unless we make some changes. so it has got, it really has nothing to do with what we call the discretionary spending pot. bill: understood. homeland security spending is not touched? >> we have the sequester because the president won't get serious about solving our big spending problem. he insisted on the sequester. they may have an impact but i don't believe that it's going to affect our counter terrorism activities or affect the ability to protect the american people. bill: what about the immigration debate? there's a lot
because you know for two years now you've been talking about debt and deficit spending. and in this sense it all ties back together. >> well, what's driving our spending and driving our debt is the fact that there are 10,000 baby boomers like me retiring every day. 70,000 this week. 3.5 million this year. social security, medicare, there is no money there in those fund. it has all been spent. people are living longer, accessing medicaid. so the real drivers of the debt primarily are our...